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Jayhawker
[ jey-haw-ker ]
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Kansas (used as a nickname).
- (sometimes lowercase) a plundering marauder, especially one of the antislavery guerrillas in Kansas, Missouri, and other border states before and during the Civil War.
Word History and Origins
Origin of Jayhawker1
Example Sentences
“Grass there is scarce, wood there is none,” wrote Jayhawker Sheldon Young of the landscape.
Prior to finding himself advancing toward Germany near the end of World War II, Mr. Dole had been a lifelong Jayhawker, recruited to Kansas University by the legendary basketball coach Phog Allen.
The student organization Jayhawker Liberation Front publicized the strike in tandem with a petition calling for the closure of campus due to the virus spread.
Jayhawker Liberation Front posted on Twitter asking students not to attend their in-person or online classes Monday.
Kansas has added several on-campus housing options in recent years and students can choose between nine residence halls, 12 scholarship halls and the Jayhawker Towers and Stouffer Place Apartments.
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